With heavy hearts, they erected the bodies of their fallen soldiers atop the city wall to appear as guards, and then fled together toward the capital's defenses.

They left quietly and swiftly.

Originally, Mu Xi thought she could escape successfully, but she underestimated Bu Jiang's keen sense of the situation.

"Something's not right."

After the soldier recounted the events of that day to his commander, the commander immediately noticed something amiss: "Even experts at the Heavenly Profound Realm participated in the battle; it feels like they're willing to do anything for something."

"Could it be?!"

Upon hearing this, the lieutenants immediately realized, "They're preparing to evacuate?"

"Yes, that's possible."

The commander nodded slightly. "It's inconvenient for me to show myself. Just send a few experts at the Heavenly Profound Realm to take a look and you'll know."

"yes!"

After receiving the order, the expert from the Heavenly Profound Realm flew up to the city wall. Upon seeing the standing soldiers, he raised his hand and launched an attack.

However, he was surprised to find that the soldier did not dodge or evade, and the other soldiers seemed oblivious to the situation and did not issue any warnings of an enemy attack.

"They're all dead!"

Soon, the expert at the Heavenly Profound Realm noticed something was wrong. He rushed back to his tent in shock, "They've escaped! The city is deserted, and the soldiers on the city walls are all corpses!"

"really!"

Upon hearing this, the commander's face immediately darkened. He stood up and ordered, "Deputy General Chen, you immediately lead a squad of infantry to pursue them. They are all wounded and disabled soldiers; they won't go far. The rest of you, break camp immediately and advance towards the next line of defense!"

Less than an hour has passed; at their speed, it's absolutely impossible for them to reach the imperial city's defenses.

Therefore, there is still a chance to catch up.

With no city to defend, the wounded soldiers of the Wuya Dynasty were doomed to die!

"yes!"

Vice General Chen loudly accepted the order and led a squad of a thousand men to pursue Mu Xi and the others.

The large force behind them, including Bu Jiang, would move more slowly due to their chariots, weapons, and sheer number of soldiers, making them unsuitable for a joint pursuit.

Besides, in General Jiang's opinion, these were just some wounded soldiers who were at their last gasp, and it really wasn't worth making a big fuss about.

On Jiang's side, Deputy General Chen and his soldiers were in top condition and moved at lightning speed.

The situation was different on the Wuya Dynasty side. Everyone there was extremely exhausted and could not move fast at all.

"They're coming!"

Therefore, after traveling only four miles, the accompanying Tianxuan Realm experts sensed the aura of the pursuers behind them.

"What kind of troops are on the other side?"

Upon hearing this, Li Guihua became anxious and immediately inquired.

"A Heavenly Profound Realm expert led the team, accompanied by a thousand infantrymen."

Mu Xi sighed softly, "It seems that the other side is well aware of our situation and knows that this lineup is enough to deal with us."

During the day, in order to buy time for those who retreated first, they exerted all their strength, almost exhausting all their profound energy.

Several experts at the Heavenly Profound Realm and Earthly Profound Realm suffered particularly heavy losses, and as for the pills that could quickly replenish their Profound Energy, they had long since run out during the recent city defense battles.

The pills were extremely precious. If it weren't for the Alchemist Guild providing a large quantity of healing medicine, they probably wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long.

In fact, they were prepared to sacrifice themselves when they stayed behind, so it was unexpected that they were able to escape this far.

"Stop! You see them? They're right ahead!"

[Congratulations to (Yi Ren Qian Xiao) for receiving the role of (Mu Xi).]